Overview
Adrian Plass (born 1948) is a British author and speaker who writes primarily Christian humour, but also short stories, Bible commentaries and novels with a more serious tone. His most popular books are a series concerning The Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass which is a humorous, fictional satire of Christian life and which has sold over a million copies worldwide.
Early life
Plass was born in Tunbridge Wells. He worked as a residential child care worker with disadvantaged children for several years before suffering a breakdown and then embarking on a career as a writer. In 2012 they moved to County Durham, where they now live.
Career
Plass' most popular book The Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass Aged , the title of which parodies Sue Townsend's Adrian Mole books, is a humorous, fictional satire of Christian life. He travels around Britain and the world as a speaker.
Sacred Diary series
*The Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass Aged 37 (1987) *The Horizontal Epistles of Andromeda Veal (1988) *The Theatrical Tapes of Leonard Thynn (1989) *The Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass Christian Speaker Aged 45 (1994) *The Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass, On Tour (2004) *The Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass, Adrian Plass and the Church Weekend (March 2013)
Spin-off stationery
*The 1989 Sacred Diary: plan your year with Adrian Plass (includes extracts from The Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass Aged 37) Basingstoke, Hampshire 1988
Stress Family Robinson books
*Stress Family Robinson (1995) *The Birthday Party (1999)
Other novels
*Broken Windows, Broken Lives (1988) *An Alien at St.Wilfred's (1992) *A Year at St. Yorick's (1998) *Ghosts: The Story of a Reunion (2001) *Silver Birches (2009) *The Shadow Doctor (2017) *Shadow Doctor: The Past Awaits (2019)
Collections
*The Final Boundary (1987) *Clearing Away the Rubbish (1988) *The Visit and Other Short Stories (1991) *Father to the Man (1997) *Nothing But the Truth (2002) *And Jesus Will Be Born (2003) *Best in Plass: Stories, Songs, Poems, and Sketches (2010) *Silences and Nonsenses (poems) (2010) *Still Crazy (2022)
Other works
*A Smile on the Face of God (1990) *View From A Bouncy Castle (1991) *Cabbages for the King (1993) *The Unlocking (1993) *You Say Tomato (1995) (with Paul McCusker) *When You Walk (1997) *City of Gold (1997) *Words from the Cross (1997) *The Visit: Would You Be Ready? (1999) *Philip Illott (1999) *Why I Follow Jesus (2000) *Colours of Survival (2000) (with Bridget Plass) *From Growing Up Pains to the Sacred Diary (2002) *Never Mind the Reversing Ducks (2002) *The Heart of the Family (2003) *The Son of God is Dancing (2005) (with Bridget Plass) *Jesus — Safe, Tender, Extreme (2006) *Blind Spots in the Bible (2006) *Bacon Sandwiches & Salvation (2007) *Looking Good, Being Bad (2009) *Growing Up Following Jesus (2009) *Seriously Funny: Life, Love and God . . . Musings Between Two Good Friends (2010) (with Jeff Lucas) *War of the Worlds (2012) *Seriously Funny (2): Life, Love and God . . .
Musings Between Two Good Friends (2012) (with Jeff Lucas) *All Questions Great and Small (2016) (with Jeff Lucas)
External links
* Interview with Plass at Premier.tv